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AUTUMN ENERGIZER JUICE


You guys, these are some busy times. I’m definitely no stranger to hard work — but without a doubt, these last few months have been the busiest of our lives. And while I’m grateful for the work and opportunities, there’s really only so long you can burn the candle at both ends before things start to fall apart, health wise. After awhile, there’s a point when coffee and tea can no longer help me and what I really need is sleep. At times like these I find myself turning to fresh juice to give myself an extra immunity boost!

Despite my busy schedule, I pride myself on being a healthy person and taking the best care of myself that I can through diet and exercise. Thankfully, I rarely get sick. So when I woke up on Friday feeling run down with a little tickle in my throat, I knew I had to get handle on it! It’s Sunday and I feel much better now — but this past week I came up with a new fresh juice recipe that I wanted to share with you. My Autumn Energizer Juice combines traditional autumn produce with unconventional ingredients — resulting in sweet, creamy, energizing juice with a spicy, warming kick! Power through busy times with an offbeat fresh juice recipe that includes both sweet potato and cape gooseberries. It’s just what the doctor ordered!


AUTUMN ENERGIZER JUICE


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After my reflective Apple Pie Steel Cut Oats with Candied Maple Walnuts post where I discussed my struggle between creativity, balance and wellness I wanted to create something simple, fresh and energizing for you this weekend. My Autumn Energizer Juice juice is just that — and I had so much fun with this whimsical styling!

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Guess where I pulled inspiration for this colour palette from? If you’re new to JustineCelina (welcome!) you may not know this, but I’ve been feeling very inspired by Pantone’s colour choices for Fall 2016 and have been themeing content set to that colour story for the past month or so to keep things looking cohesive. It’s such a versatile palette and it translates so well across categories in my creative work. Also, if these leaves look familiar it’s because they’re the same set that I used for my September Beauty Favourites. You’ll be seeing a lot more of these autumnal hues around here over the next couple of months and love the challenge of reinventing them for you to keep things fresh!

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My boyfriend’s Dad, Grant, is an incredible woodworker and makes many handcrafted wood pieces including crib boards and cutting boards. He’s now experimenting with serving boards and made the gorgeous serving board you see in these photos. It was absolutely perfect for the warm, autumnal feeling I was going for and we’re so happy to have it! He gifted it to us on Thanksgiving weekend and ever since we brought it home from Brooks I’ve been itching to use it in a post or project to show it off. Currently he’s a hobby woodworker — but he’s amazingly talented and I hope he continues to experiment!

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Let’s chat about cape gooseberries — which are the star of this recipe and rightfully adorn these glasses like a crown. I’m not sure why I’ve never experimented with them in the past, but I’m obsessed with them right now. First, they’re absolutely stunning — every time I bite into one I feel like I’m eating a little piece of art. That protective, paper-thin cocoon on the outside is bright orange while they’re growing, but peels away naturally as they ripen off the plant. How cool is that?! If you’ve never tasted one before, they’re quite difficult to describe — almost like a cross between a sour cherry, a tomato and a pineapple. They’re a bit seedy (the middle has a chia seed-like texture) and they taste a bit soapy (in the best possible way!), sharp and citrusy. They’re totally addictive — I’ve been eating them by the carton lately and I knew I had to experiment them in a juice. Cape gooseberries add an interesting tang to balance my Autumn Energizer Juice that I could normally achieve with traditional citrus fruits like lemon and lime. Now after reading more about them, I know they’re also amazing for you — these little berries (which are also called Physalis or Peruvian Groundcherries) are packed full of vitamins A and C. If you’ve never tried one, I encourage you to pick some up — they’re inexpensive and also fantastic in preserves and desserts.

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Now for the rest these autumnal ingredients! This was another fresh juice recipe that was mostly inspired by colour. My last fresh juice recipe (created way back in February!) was also inspired by a specific hue — which was a vibrant magenta. This autumn, I knew I wanted to really branch out and use some unconventional ingredients in the golden, yellow and orange colour families. Sweet potatoes came to mind immediately! I love sweet potatoes and have a few recipes that feature them here at JustineCelina. I especially love them to add a dairy-free, rich, creamy texture to smoothies and baking (I have a spiced sweet potato bread up my sleeve!). Well, it turns out that’s exactly what they do for juice, as well. My Autumn Energizer Juice really does taste creamy — you can tell by the photos just how rich and frothy it is! Sweet potatoes produce a ton of juice and their mild flavour profile works nicely with a wide variety of produce. Plus, they’re chock full of vitamins, minerals and nutrients!

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If you’ve been following along with my recipes, you’ll know we also have tons of Ambrosia apples kicking around. We both love apples and are happy to enjoy them daily, but juicing apples is one of my favourite ways to consume them. This recipe calls for both sweet and tart apple varieties for balance (I used Ambrosia and Granny Smith), but feel free to use whatever you have on hand. I’ve also included some gorgeous red pears (another of my favourite seasonal ingredients to juice), healing ginger, a couple of mandarins and warming cinnamon and nutmeg to spice things up. My Autumn Energizer Juice is offbeat, powerhouse recipe that’s sure to put some pep in your step!

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Ingredients


Yield: 4 cups (32 oz.)

Autumn Energizer Juice made with seasonal autumn produce: apples, red pears, mandarin oranges, ginger, caped gooseberries // JustineCelina.com

• 2 red pears
• 2 Ambrosia apples
• 2 Granny Smith apples
• 2 mandarins
• 2 cups sweet potato
• 1 pint cape gooseberries
• 2″ piece of fresh ginger

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Instructions


1. Start with chilled produce. Chop all ingredients into 1″ pieces.

Autumn Energizer Juice made with seasonal autumn produce: apples, red pears, mandarin oranges, ginger, caped gooseberries // JustineCelina.com

2. Add ingredients one at a time to your Hurom Slow Juicer (or similar), starting with an ingredient that isn’t as juicy (like ginger), and alternating with an ingredient that makes lots of juice (like sweet potato). This will ensure that the juicy ingredients flush the not-so-juicy ingredients through the juicer and you’ll get more of them in your cup!

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3. Once you’ve juiced all of your ingredients, stir the juice and pour into glasses.

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4. Sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg on top of each juice.

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5. Add a fun garnish of your choice and enjoy — I skewered some cape gooseberries for this whimsical effect!

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Autumn Energizer Juice with Cape Gooseberries // JustineCelina.com
AUTUMN ENERGIZER JUICE
Prep Time
10 mins
 
My Autumn Energizer Juice combines traditional autumn produce with unconventional ingredients -- resulting in sweet, creamy, energizing juice with a spicy, warming kick! Power through busy times with an offbeat fresh juice recipe that includes both sweet potato and cape gooseberries. It's just what the doctor ordered!
Course: Breakfast, Drinks
Servings: 2
Ingredients
  • 2 red pears
  • 2 Ambrosia apples
  • 2 Granny Smith apples
  • 2 mandarins
  • 2 cups sweet potato
  • 1 pint cape gooseberries
  • 2" piece of fresh ginger
Instructions
  1. Start with chilled produce. Chop all ingredients into 1″ pieces.
  2. Add ingredients one at a time to your Hurom Slow Juicer (or similar), starting with an ingredient that isn’t as juicy (like ginger), and alternating with an ingredient that makes lots of juice (like sweet potato). This will ensure that the juicy ingredients flush the not-so-juicy ingredients through the juicer and you’ll get more of them in your cup!
  3. Once you’ve juiced all of your ingredients, stir the juice and pour into glasses.
  4. Sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg on top of each juice.
  5. Add a fun garnish of your choice and enjoy -- I skewered some cape gooseberries for this whimsical effect!

Autumn Energizer Juice // JustineCelina.com

Autumn Energizer Juice // JustineCelina.com


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SHOP MY FAVOURITE JUICER


We’ve owned our Hurom Slow Juicer for nearly a decade and it’s still going strong! We selected this juicer because it’s slow masticating and cold press — meaning it presses the juice out of produce (more slowly) rather than less expensive models that completely shred it. This ultimately means more nutrients in your cup! Plus, it’s a breeze to clean.


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Autumn Energizer Juice with Cape Gooseberries // JustineCelina.com

Is there any unique autumn produce that you like to juice? I’m always on the hunt for interesting ingredient combinations, so please leave me a comment if there’s something you think I might like! If you try my Autumn Energizer Juice, let me know how you liked it — I love it when you guys make my recipes and give me your feedback! You can tag me on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook, or use the hashtag #justinecelinarecipes in your recreations so I can find them! I also have a board on Pinterest for my recipes, if you care to follow along for inspiration.


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15 Comments

  • Reply Elaine October 28, 2016 at 10:05 am

    These drinks look so pretty and adding all that sweet potato adds a nutritious boost, too! Love the addition of gooseberries for the WOW factor. I call these ground cherries. I planted one plant in my garden a couple of years ago, and now they spring up EVERYWHERE! Can’t get rid of them, lol, but they always look spectacular as a garnish. Love your warm autumn tones in your beautiful photos.

    • Reply Justine October 28, 2016 at 10:26 pm

      Hey Elaine! Thanks for dropping by. So funny — here in Alberta we call them cape gooseberries, but is seems like everyone from BC calls them ground cherries! Either way they’re really tasty and I actually have some November content coming up that features them as well. Thanks for the kind words and I can’t wait to pop over to your blog to see what you’ve whipped up lately. Have a fantastic weekend!

  • Reply Alexandra | Occasionally Eggs October 28, 2016 at 10:47 am

    I love physalis! They’re just so pretty and have such a unique flavour and texture. Your pictures are so warm and cozy and even though this is an energizing juice it has a really comforting feel to it. I have never tried juicing sweet potato (I didn’t think it’d have much juice) so good to know!

    • Reply Justine October 28, 2016 at 10:27 pm

      Thanks Alexandra — that’s the feeling I was going for. I love the idea of juxtaposing fresh flavours with a cozy, comforting feeling. This is definitely a comforting juice, if that’s a thing! It’s super creamy thanks to the sweet potato — you must try juicing it! Any combination of sweet potato and stone fruit or berries topped with cinnamon kind of tastes like pie. 😉

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  • Reply Sean October 28, 2016 at 9:32 pm

    Gorgeous drink, and spectacular flavours Justine. So funny too – I just photographed ground cherries this afternoon before seeing your post. They really are a delight, aren’t they? That papery husk is so odd, and the fruit is so unexpected and tasty. I hope you paid a little less for yours than I did for mine though (farmer’s market berries sure are tasty, but they’re hardly easy on the wallet). Did you know they’re closely related to tomatillos too?

    As for autumn produce and juicing, I’m a biiiiig proponent of Asian pears. That being said, they’re so juicy as is that I can rarely resist eating them out of hand!

    • Reply Justine October 28, 2016 at 10:42 pm

      They’re just so gorgeous, aren’t they? I’ve been seeing them everywhere lately (in real life and online!). They’re also very inexpensive here, I paid $2.49 a carton (which is a good thing because I’ve been eating almost a carton per day!). Haha. It totally makes sense that they’re related to tomatillos — I can taste a tomato essence in them.

      You know, I’ve never juiced Asian pears — I’ll have to try that! Have a great weekend, Sean.

  • Reply Markus Mueller October 29, 2016 at 6:45 am

    This energizer juice looks awesome! I love the combination of fruit and produce to create a drink. I have only dabbled a little with juicing vegetables but have always found the end result to bitter and not that appealing. I also need a better juicer..one that does not shred and waste so much of the vegetable. Can’t wait to try this especially with all the apples i have sitting in my basement!

    • Reply Justine October 29, 2016 at 12:47 pm

      Thanks so much, Markus! A good juicer is definitely key — I really can’t recommend Hurom Slow Juicers enough. My boyfriend did a ton of research about juicers before purchasing ours — it presses the juice out rather than shredding the flesh and therefore retains more of the nutrition. I have tons of fresh juice recipes here if you’re ever looking to get more into juicing!

  • Reply Cassie | Crumb Kitchen October 29, 2016 at 6:47 am

    Sweet potatoes in a juice?! I need to get myself a juicer. It’s amazing how you come up with these recipes that are so plant-based and healthy…and you don’t have to spend $9 for one at the mall, which of course is full of added sugar and not as good-for-you as you’d expect! When I visit my parents at Christmas, I’ll be sure to use their juicer to try this out. 🙂

    • Reply Justine October 29, 2016 at 12:48 pm

      Heck yes, sweet potatoes in a juice! They make it so creamy and delicious — this is probably my sweetest, most dessert-like juice, Cassie!

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